BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 55 - Gershwin’s Piano Concerto (320kbps .mp3)

Live at the BBC Proms: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet joins the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons for Gershwin’s Piano Concerto. Plus Carlos Simon, Stravinsky and Ravel.

01. Simon, Carlos - Four Black American Dances (European premiere)
01a. Introduction to BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 55
02. Stravinsky - Petrushka (1947 version)
02a. Introduction to Stravinsky’s Petrushka
02b. BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 55 - Interval
Kate Molleson is joined by pianist and music director Allyson Devenish to look ahead to Proms highlights in the coming week.
03. Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F major
04. Ravel - La valse
04a. Introduction to Ravel’s La valse
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Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)

Dance pulses through this second concert from Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (see Prom 52). Jean-Yves Thibaudet is the soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto, with its bluesy slow movement and hot, frenzied finale. Ravel’s La valse dances to the edge of the abyss, while Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka projects the earthy rhythms and bold colours of Russian folk music. The concert opens with the European premiere of US composer Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, drawing on dances that chart the Black American experience from slavery through to today.

Presented by Kate Molleson, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Broadcast: 26 August 2023